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| Evie rushed over to Jonathan�s side and stared at the mass of tan and gold that he was pointing to. �Egypt!� she smiled. �Rick, we�re almost there!� It made Jonathan so happy to see his sister and brother-in-law smiling. He turned his thoughts towards his own life and stared at the land that was growing bigger and bigger as they neared. The closer they got to Egypt, the less Jonathan seemed to worry or think about Bonnie. He somehow knew that she was fine and the closer they got to Egypt, the more he felt as if the feelings he had for her were not what he had thought; almost as if he wasn�t given a choice in how he felt for her. It was confusing and hard for him to figure out. His dreams of the beautiful woman who resembled an Egyptian goddess were coming more often; every night since they�d boarded the ship actually. She had always held a small special place in his heart, but he felt as if this nameless dream woman was slowly taking over his whole heart, and pushing Bonnie out. Rachel ([email protected]) February 21, 2002 After a few minutes some more people came in to the grand hall, they were all dress almost the same, in silk loose fitting gowns and loincloth-like skirts for the men. The women had their hair up and beautiful despite the hour. Suddenly they all stood, a bunch of men dressed in black leather and metal armor came parading in, followed be beautiful women in long revealing gowns. Alex just sat and watched until Nephthys realized that he wasn't standing and yanked him up be his arm, she dug her fingers into his bones and that almost made him want to cry out, but he held it in. After the women paraded in and found their positions at the top of the table, the guards stood to attention as slowly, very slowly, the Pharaoh himself came in. He made his way around the table, as he did Alex stared at him, and he stared back at Alex with a quizzical look on his face, but then proceeded, head held high. "Who is that?" Alex whispered to Nephthys after they all sat down. "Shh" She answered. "Who is it?" He asked again. "Shh!" she once again answered. "Who is it?" "Quiet!" She demanded. "Who is it!?" He asked again. Nephthys grabbed Alex be the ear and pulled him in close to her. "Listen, you just sit here and do as I say, you got that?" Alex thought a moment, he didn't know what drove him to it, but he wasn't in the mood to be bossed around be whoever she was. "Listen lady, you answer my question, or a make a scene, and I've done it before!" To this Nephthys felt intimidated. "He's the Pharaoh." She informed him. "I know that! *Who* is he?" He asked with a hiss. "He's the Pharaoh of Luxor, a very wealthy man... Now! will you please shut up before I escort you out myself?" Alex obeyed and ate the rest of his breakfast in silence as some random people came up and spoke. *~*~*~*~*~* After breakfast, and after Nephthys quickly pushed Alex out of the hall, they went back to the temple and into their rooms where they met Seth. "Well? Is it on him?" Seth asked. "Yes, he wears the bracelet, but I still don't know how you're going to get if off of him." Nephthys answered. "You see, this is the beauty of it." Seth answered as he put his hand on Alex's head and ruffled his hair. "We'll use him as much as we can. He will get the bracelet, we will break his parent's hearts... and then we'll sacrifice him with it." "On the next full moon," Nephthys agreed. Milo ([email protected]) February 24, 2002 Alex was sound asleep when the window of the sleeping chamber slid slowly from the wooden frame the glass was placed in. Two pairs of hands lifted the glass and set it quietly on the dirt outside the building. Faint whispering could be heard from inside, but the three, Seth, Nephthys, and Alex were all sleeping and couldn't hear them. "Good luck Gabs...and if he screams...run." A deep male voice could be heard more clearly than the female. "Go back home Olympus, you already had enough of Seth's beating, don't let it happen again." The female said. "And miss you on your greatest theft of all? I don't think so Gabrielle." And so she slipped though the window, and walked across the floor to the boy's sleeping body. He felt fingers brush his cheeks and his eyes threatened to pop open, but he forced them shut. "Kid, open your eyes, you aren't fooling anyone." Alex's eyes flew open, and he sat up a bit, looking into the face of the young woman he'd encountered on the street, Gabrielle. She flashed him a mischievous smile. "Get up kid, I'm getting you out of here." Zanna ([email protected]) February 25, 2002 Alex smiled back at her relieved to finally get away from Nephthys and Seth. Maybe they could even help get |